Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 292
Chen Ran, who returned to London after the money-making trip, gave the team members a few days off, but he himself did not have this blessing, and was blocked by Stephen in the office as soon as he came back.

"Chen, because the scale of this year's 'International Champions Cup' has expanded several times, various advertising revenues, ticket revenues, and broadcast copyright revenues have increased sharply, so our revenue has also increased significantly."

"After excluding the dividends and other operating costs for each team, we can get a net profit of more than 4000 million euros according to preliminary estimates. Chen, your decision to bring all the teams that signed up for the competition is really wise gone."

Stephen, who has always been calm and calm, is now flushed with excitement and excited by the dazzling income figures.

"4000 million euros? Not bad, not bad."

Chen Ran is also very satisfied with this income.

When Crystal Palace worked alone, it only earned millions of euros through hard work.

Since the "International Champions Cup" was launched, the income has doubled several times after participating in the same three competitions. It seems that the cake should be made bigger.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran decided to strike while the iron was hot, and turned to assign tasks to Stephen.

"Stephen, from now on you can start preparing for next year's 'International Champions Cup'. First determine the entry list, and then use this list to negotiate with sponsors."

"One more thing, remember to inform the world's major media that we will auction the rights to broadcast next year's 'International Champions Cup'. With this year's success stories, I believe that next year's broadcast rights will definitely be able to sell for a good price. "

"Understood, I will definitely 'entertain' these benefactors well."

As the butler of the Crystal Palace, Stephen has always been very active in things that can make money.

"Chen, there is one more thing, that is, the evaluation results of Red Bull Group's exchange of Salzburg Red Bull and New York Red Bull for Galaxy Football Group shares have come out."

"The Red Bull Group requested that the two clubs be exchanged for 30% of Galaxy Football Group's shares, but our evaluation report shows that the two clubs are only worth 20% of the shares at most."

After talking about the "International Champions Cup", Stephen put the latest evaluation report in front of Chen Ran.

"30%? Red Bull Group really dare to speak."

Hearing the asking price of Red Bull Group, Chen Ran was so angry that he laughed.

"Stephen, you tell the people of Red Bull Group that the maximum is 20% of the shares, and there is no room for bargaining. If they don't accept it, then terminate the negotiation."

"Er Chen, isn't this attitude a little too tough? Are you afraid that the negotiation will collapse?"

Stephen didn't expect Chen Ran's attitude to be so tough, so he asked with some concern.

"Stephen, time is on our side. As Crystal Palace wins more and more championship trophies, they can exchange fewer and fewer shares."

"And whether it's Salzburg Red Bull or New York Red Bull, it's just icing on the cake for us. It's better to have them, it doesn't matter without them. Understand?"

"Okay, I know what to do."

When the Crystal Palace players gathered again, Chen Ran also began to prepare for the first important championship trophy of the new season - the European Super Cup.

Like last season, not only Crystal Palace defended the UEFA Champions League, Sevilla also defended the Europa League.

Therefore, for the first time in the history of the European Super Cup, the two consecutive warring parties are exactly the same, both Crystal Palace and Sevilla.

In addition, the venue of the competition is also the Stade Louis II in Monaco, which corresponds to the slogan: familiar formula, familiar taste.

Compared with last season, Sevilla has also made some additions to the lineup.

In this summer transfer period, they first spent 1200 million euros to introduce Ivorian striker Kone from Eindhoven, and then bought Colombian defender Mosqueira from Pachuca for 750 million euros.

Immediately afterwards, Mali midfielder Keita was introduced from Lens for 500 million euros, and Belgian striker De Moore was bought from Ajax for 500 million euros.

In addition, Sevilla also got Italian goalkeeper De Sanctis from Udinese for free, and Dutch defender Boulah Luz on loan from Chelsea.

For Chen Ran, the European Super Cup was not very important.

However, because of Ibrahimovic's departure, the current public opinion atmosphere is generally not optimistic about Crystal Palace's results in the new season.

So Chen Ran is now planning to win the European Super Cup and get off to a good start, so that those who look down on Crystal Palace will shut up.

For this reason, he dispatched the main lineup of last season. As for the new players who just joined the team in the summer, he put them all on the bench.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

Vieira, Modric
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the other side of Sevilla, the shadow of last season's UEFA Super Cup defeat to Crystal Palace is still lingering in the heart of head coach Juan Ramos.While dispatching the entire main lineup, he also continued to emphasize the importance of defense to his players.

Forward Canoute, Forward Fabiano
Left Midfielder Adriano, Central Midfielder Paulson, Central Midfielder Keita, Right Midfielder Maresca

Left back Dragutinovic, center back Mosqueira, center back Bolarouz, right back Hinkle

Goalkeeper De Sanctis

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the players of Crystal Palace immediately pushed forward, and on the Sevilla side, except for the two forwards Kanoute and Fabiano, everyone else retreated to their own side Defend at half court.

"Juan Ramos has learned his lesson this time."

Seeing Seville's reaction after the opening, Chen Ran muttered inwardly.

At this time last year, Juan Ramos wanted to wrestle with him, but he was beaten up with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

Unexpectedly, this guy went to another extreme this year. He started to shrink the defense from the first minute of the game. It seems that it is impossible to win this game as quickly as last year.

After making a judgment on the progress of the game, Chen Ran simply turned around and sat down on the bench.

There is no rush to break the dense defense. Fortunately, these players on the field are already very familiar with Guardiola's offensive tactics.With constant testing, even a tortoise shell can find a gap.

So, under the watchful eyes of countless spectators, Crystal Palace and Sevilla played a half-time offensive and defensive drill.

Sevilla is determined to play a defensive counterattack. Even if they get the ball, they will pass it to the two forwards in front with a big foot, and the others will never take a step beyond the midfield.

As for the Crystal Palace, although Sevilla was completely surrounded, no loopholes were found for a while.

Even though he took several shots, none of them were too much of a threat.Either it is out of the range of the door frame, or it is confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Gradually, even though Chen Ran himself was not in a hurry, the fans of Crystal Palace became a little impatient.

Thousands of miles away in China, countless Crystal Palace fans are still watching the game while discussing the progress of the game in the Crystal Palace post bar.

"Sure enough, the absence of Ibrahimovic has an impact. At this time last year, Crystal Palace had already scored goals."

"That's right. Now there is only Tony as a center in the Sevilla penalty area. Of course, the opponent's two center backs are easy to defend. Although Tony is also good, it is obviously difficult to do it alone under double-teaming."

"Ahem, I said, are you in a hurry? This game has only been played for half an hour, and there is still plenty of time."

"Well, no comparison, no harm. It was a lot easier last year with Zlatan Ibrahimovic."

"Wait and see, I still have more confidence in Chen Ran. The players he introduced in the summer haven't played yet, maybe there will be surprises."

"Surprise? I just hope it's not a shock. It's not like you haven't watched the 'International Champions Cup' before. Except for Beckham, the performance of the other kids coming off the bench is very average."

"Let's see if Crystal Palace can win this game first. If Sevilla can't even win, then the results of Crystal Palace this season will be hard to say."

The fans are in a hurry, but Chen Ran sits comfortably on the bench.

Even when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0, and he didn't seem anxious at all.

During the intermission, Chen Ran still maintained his usual style. Apart from slapping the players, he didn't lose any temper, and he didn't even make any substitutions and adjustments to the team.

On the Sevilla side, not conceding a goal in the first half, obviously greatly inspired Juan Ramos and the Sevilla players.

In the case of outstanding performance, Juan Ramos certainly will not make any adjustments to the players on the field.

So, when the second half of the game started, everyone found that the two teams were exactly the same as in the first half, from tactics to players on the field, there was no change.

At this time, Guardiola moved closer to Chen Ran and said quietly:
"Boss, should we replace Yang Kohler to strengthen the offense?"

The situation of being unable to attack for a long time made Guardiola, who is used to winning and winning, a little anxious.

"Don't worry, just wait, it will be better to wait until the physical fitness of the Sevilla players declines before making substitutions."

Seeing that Guardiola, his right-hand man, was also a little impatient, Chen Ran had no choice but to turn around and reveal his plan to him.

"That's it, I understand."

After appeasing his assistant, Chen Ran stared at the two wide players in Seville.

When he found that Sevilla's left-back Dragutinovic was unable to keep up several times under repeated attacks from Ribery and Maicon, Chen Ran immediately called Guardiola over. .

As Guardiola walked over from the bench, Chen Ran quickly recalled the information about Dragutinovic in his mind.

The Serbian, who is about 32 years old this year, is 186cm tall and plays left back. Now his physical fitness is starting to decline, which is a good breakthrough.

"Josep, did you see Dragutinovic on the left side of Sevilla? Yes, that's the big guy, and he has a physical problem."

"You tell Messi and Yaya Toure to warm up now, and then replace Ribery with Messi. Tell Messi that there is only one task after he comes on the field, which is to watch Dragutinovic break through, As for whether to cross or cut inside after the breakthrough, it is up to him to decide."

"Then replace Maicon with Yaya Toure, and he, Vieira and Modric will form a three-back midfielder."

"The team's formation has also changed from 4231 to 3313. Tony is still the center forward, Ronaldo and Messi are the left and right wingers respectively. Chiellini plays the left center back, Vidic plays the center back, and Thiago Silva plays the right center back."

"clear."

Seeing that Chen Ran finally made a move, Guardiola didn't dare to delay, and trotted back to the bench to arrange a substitution.

At this point, the game time has come to 62 minutes.

Soon, Juan Ramos saw Crystal Palace replace Ribéry with Messi and Maicon with Yaya Toure.

As the head coach of a La Liga team, Juan Ramos knows Messi quite well.

Especially since last season, Messi has played in the Barcelona club and performed quite well.

As a competitor, Juan Ramos has studied Messi a lot.

Although he does not think that the 20-year-old Messi is stronger than Ribery who has just been replaced, but when he saw Messi playing, he immediately walked to the sidelines to remind his left back Dragutinovic Watch out for Messi.

On the other side, at dead ball time for substitutions, Chen Ran also walked to the sidelines and called Modric over.

"Little Luka, when you organize the attack, pass the ball more to Messi who just came on the right. Sevilla's left back Dragutinovic began to decline in physical fitness, and then we will attack him There, understand?"

"Got it, boss."

Modric has always been resolute in obeying Chen Ran's orders.Because past experience told him that listening to the boss has only advantages and no disadvantages.

So, less than a minute after Messi played, Modric passed the ball to him.

This made Messi a little surprised. As a newcomer, he thought it would take a while to fully integrate into the team. At the beginning, he might not get too many opportunities to perform.

I didn't expect the teammates of Crystal Palace to be so enthusiastic, and I passed him the ball as soon as I came on the field, which really flattered Messi.

Since the teammates are so good, then I have to perform well to repay my teammates, so that they will pass the ball to me next time.

Thinking of this, while catching the ball, Messi glanced at Dragutinovic who rushed over to grab the ball.

Coach Guardiola specifically explained just now that the boss's order was to stare at Dragutinovic's breakthrough.

Big man, then I'm not welcome.

(End of this chapter)